@Patrick Shep I would absolutely encourage you to apply without any co-signor.  

Investors who have absolutely NO CLUE as to what they invested in, no clue as to the STRUCTURE of the deal, and no clue as to the safety or risk of their investment.

Quote from @Johnny Lynum: Absolutely agree!

It is absolutely possible to not have your own money in if you have a proven record or can some other way prove that you can make your money partner an amount that is worth their risk.

EDDIE: No No (laughs) absolutely not.

And investing in cheap homes is absolutely fool's gold. 

New Western is the way to go absolutely love it!

I think there must be some organization that has this canned business model ready to go and approaches people who have names / followings and offers to implement it for them, given the near absolute uniformity in the advertising, and the convention / sell / upsell structure with all the exact same sales tactics, just substituting out the guru for the flavor of the week.

I assumed once I signed the contract, I owned the property, just land at that point, and have a contract to build the quad.As for if they run out of cash at 80%, I could close the gap if absolutely needed but obviously that isn't the goal.The builder owns the entire development, minus the handful that have/being built, so they have a vested interest in this working, they want to do it a couple of hundred times at least.

So, bad situations are simply part of the work of the landlord, absolutely NOT something to be afraid of only something to be prepared for.Tenants are like tires on your car.